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FRAJAY, JANUARY 28, "077

* THERE SHOULD BE A COMMON TWO-YEAR COURSE FOR ALL FORM 6

PUPILS WITH ONE MATRICULATION EXAMINATION FOR ENTRANCE

INTO BOTH THE LOCAL UNIVERSITIES WITH EXAMINATION PAPERS BEING SET IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE.

* ALL FORM 6 PUPILS SHOULD FOLLOW BROADER COURSES THAN THOSE

OBTAINING AT PRESENT, ESPECIALLY IN OUR ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOLS.

* THERE SHOULD BE A WIDER, MORE LIBERAL RANGE OF SUBJECTS

WHICH CAN BE STUDIED AT FORM 6 LEVEL.

* WHILE THE REVISED FORM 6 CURRICULA WOULD LEAD TO A PUBLIC EXAMINATION THE STANDARDS OF WHICH WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO THE UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, THIS PUBLIC EXAMINATION WOULD ALSO ESTABLISH

STANDARDS WHICH COULD BE USED AS ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR OTHER COURSES OF HIGHER LEVEL VOCATIONAL TRAINING.

* THE PROVISION OF FORM 6 PLACES IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OF

SECONDARY EDUCATION SHOULD AT PRESENT BE AS LAID DOWN IN THE WHITE PAPER ON SECONDARY EDUCATION 1974, THAT IS, THE PROVISION OF SUFFICIENT SUBSIDISED PLACES IN FORM LOWER/MIDDLE 6 TO CATER FOR ONE-THIRD OF THE PUPILS WHO ENTER FORM 4 IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR. IT WAS CONSIDERED THAT AT PRESENT ANY SUGGESTION TO INCREASE THIS PROVISION WOULD BE UNREALISTIC UNTIL ADEQUATE PROVISION TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE PUBLIC HAD BEEN MADE AT THE FORMS 15 LEVELS.

* WHEREVER POSSIBLE COMMON EXAMINATION PAPERS SHOULD BE SET

IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE.

* TO ENSURE A BROADER CURRICULUM THE MATRICULATION COURSE SHOULD CONSIST OF A COMBINATION OF MAJOR AND SUBSIDIARY SUBJECTS.

*THE MAJOR SUBJECTS SHOULD EQUATE TO THE PRESENT ADVANCED

LEVEL FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG IN THE DEPTH OF STUDY REQUIRED, BUT THERE SHOULD BE A REDUCTION IN THE CONTENT OF MANY OF THE PRESENT SYLLABUSES SO THAT FEWER TEACHING

PER IODS PER WEEK NEED TO BE DEVOTED TO THEM. THE COMMITTEE FULLY APPRECIATE THE NEED TO MAINTA IN OVERSEAS RECOGNITION OF THE MAJOR SUBJECTS.

* SUBSIDIARY SUBJECTS SHOULD BE OF A STANDARD WHICH FORM E

STUDENTS CAN BE EXPECTED TO ACHIEVE IN TWO YEARS OF STUDY WITH HALF THE TIME BEING GIVEN TO THEM AS IS GIVEN TO THE MAJOR SUBJECTS. IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR STUDENTS TO BEGIN STUDYING SUBSIDIARY SUBJECTS IN FORY 6.

* ALL STUDENTS SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO TAKE USE OF CHINESE+

AND +USE OF ENGLISH+ AS WELL AS THE IR COMBINATION OF MAJOR AND SUBSIDIARY SUBJECTS.

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